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2021-01-25 13:00:00
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on January 27, 1981
PM blows whistle on sports slide
Canberra. - Australia's decline as a sporting nation is about to be arrested, the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, said yesterday.
Marathon runner Cliff Young, watched by Dr Richard Telford, undergoes tests at the Australian Institute of Sports Complex on May 10, 1983.Credit:Staff photographer
Opening the $6 million Australian Institute of Sport, Mr Fraser said the facilities were a clear sign that Australia was no longer going to allow the world to pass it by.